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HELEN SANDERS
6-10-2026
THE RESUME
The Apostle Paul wrote most of the epistles [letters] in the New Testament. We can learn so much from his writings. What if he were to write a resume? I think it might be like this:
· Born into a Jewish family and Studied under Gamaliel, the famous Jewish teacher
· Part of the Sanhedrin and became a Persecutor of Christians
· Murderer of those that followed “the way” causing him to be hated by Christians
· Zealous lover of the law was determined to destroy those that did not follow it
With that background, who would even consider hiring him? His resume doesn’t sound so good for the average employer, does it? Then he met Jesus Christ and everything changed. The persecutor became the persecuted. The change was immediate and his resume changed with it. There was a price to follow Jesus.
· The hater of the way became a Preacher of the gospel.
· He was hated, stoned, whipped, imprisoned, and murdered by those that had been like him.
None of this mattered to Paul because he found his purpose in life and that was to serve Jesus Christ.
We are much like Paul was before he met the Lord on the Road to Damascus. We were heading for an eternity lost and without hope. Then, Jesus saw us in our sinful ways and reached down his merciful hand and gave us hope. We do not need a resume of works to enter God’s kingdom. It takes repentance on our part, and acceptance into God’s family on God’s part.
“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” Don’t look at your past and define yourself. If you have acknowledged Jesus as your Savior, you have the greatest resume ever. You have God. While man looks at our failures, Jesus looks at your heart. If God can use a murderer like Paul for his kingdom, he can use you and me.
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